Trousers-stretcher



(No Model.)

E. N. WINSLOW.

TROUSERS STRETCHBR.

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EDWARD NICHOLAS WINSLOV, OF LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

TROUSERS-STRE-TCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,545, dated November22, 1887.

Application filed June 27, 1887. Serial No. 242,635. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD NICHOLAS VINSLOW, of Lawrence, in the countyof Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new anduseful or Improved Pantaloons Supporter and Former; andIdo herebydeclare the same to be described in the following specification andrepresented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Figure lis a sideView, and Fig. 2 an edge view, of the supporter and former. Fig. 3 is asectional view of my device as it appears when supporting pantaloonshaving large bottoms. Fig. 4 is a similar view of it as it appears whensustaining pantaloons having smaller bottoms than shown in Fig. 3, itbeing understood that in practice one of the supporters is to be appliedto the bottom of each leg of the panraloons, after which the bows ofsaid supporters should be passed over a pin or a hook secured to thewall of a room or some proper support and the pantaloons allowed to hangsuspended from their bottoms.

In carrying out my invention I take a piece of spring-wire of suitablesize and length and form 0r flatten it at each end of it, so as toprovide bearings for two Wooden formers, one of which I pivot near eachend of the wire, and I form each end of said wire with a prong and alsogive to the same a proper curve, all as exhibited in the drawings.

A denotes the spring\vire,cur\'ed as shown and provided with prongs a b.

B is the former for the front portion, and C the former for the rearportion, of the bottom of the leg of the pantaloons, as shown at D inFigs. 3 and 4.. Each former is furnished with a narrow slot, d, toreceive the flattened portion of the wire, and is pivoted thereto, as

shown at e. The edge of each former where it bears against the cloth ofthe leg is curved lengthwise ofit, as shown, so that it will conform oradjust itself tothe shape of the said leg, and said edge is also curvedtransversely of it, so that it will not unduly crease the cloth.

rI he advantage of my supporter and former over others in use is thatitwill support pantaloons of various sizes and weights.

In Fig. 3 my device is shown as applied to a pantaloons-leg having alarge bottom, and in Fig. 4 to one havingasmaller bottom. It will beobserved that the more force the spring eX- erts against the formers orthe more the spring is bowed the less the prongs extend beyond the faceofthe formers into the cloth, and, on the contrary, the less force thespring exerts-that is, the less it is bowed-the more the prongs extendinto the cloth. Thus it will be seen that my invention will adaptitselt` to pantaloons legs of various sizes and will support one equallyas Well as another,and that there is no liability ofthepantaloonsbecon'lingdiseugaged from the supporter whilesnspended therefrom.

Having described my invcntion,what I claim 1. The wire A, bowed asdescribed and provided with prongs a b, in combination with the formersB C, pivoted thereto, all for use as set forth.

2. rlhe wire A, bowed as described and provided with the prongs a b, incombination with the formers B and C, curved lengthwise and having theslots d d, in which the wire A is held, as set forth.

EDVARD NICHOLAS VINSLOW.

W'itnesses:

J Mns R. SMITH, WILLIAM JOHN FoRREsT.

